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  1. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    The physical demands of some jobs certainly can be major long term problems. The summer after high school I worked on a railroad rebuilding boxcars. That was an outdoor job using a cutting torch and slinging around heavy steel. Nothing on a boxcar is light weight. I rather enjoyed the work and...
  2. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    If anyone says anything just simply say that's your Dad's name tag. I wouldn't deface it with a marker.
  3. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    The inevitable result of the political football game we call K-12 public education. Sigh.
  4. JimWagner

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    I would agree that the scientific method is valid for explaining and understanding many things in the physical universe. And those who truly understand how to employ it also understand that its conclusions are always subject to change as new evidence is discovered or new methods of measuring or...
  5. JimWagner

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    Not my meaning at all. I'm just saying that many people employ belief systems, not all of which are religions, when they cannot accept that we actually do not know the answer to some question. We may or may not eventually know the answer to some particular question, but erecting a belief system...
  7. JimWagner

    Dawn of a New Epoch

    Belief is what people substitute when the answer rational thought provides is, we don't know.
  8. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    OK, another trades story. When I had my driveway repaved I hired an independent concrete contractor recommended by the guys who built my garage. I was chatting with him and commented that he looked like he was getting on towards retirement. He said he did plan to retire in a year or two but had...
  9. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    You don't need a college degree to work in the trades, or most other jobs that get your hands dirty. Electricians and plumbers make good money. But the educational system has tried mightily over the past 30-40 years to convince kids that they are too good to work in those jobs and that those...
  10. JimWagner

    Movie Theater luxuries

    Entitlment attitudes are not a class specific thing. What someone feels entitled to does seem to vary somewhat though. And bad manners easily span all classes.
  11. JimWagner

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Made me look, or at least Google. Who knew Grit was still around? Haven't seen a copy of that in years.
  13. JimWagner

    Vintage Things That Have Disappeared In Your Lifetime?

    Around here I occasionally see hand signals for various reasons. What I see more and more, unfortunately, are people not signaling their turns at all. And that's people who presumably have actual working signals.
  14. JimWagner

    Name your favorite films based on true stories.

    The Glenn Miller Story.
  15. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    But don't just read textbooks. Read some of the books and other sources cited in the textbooks.
  16. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    For SteveZ: Here are a couple of pictures Steve asked me to post for him and his comments.
  17. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    Haven't received them yet. It's possible that my spam catcher caught it or the size exceeded what my ISP would let through. Try sending just one picture first and not all the pictures at once.
  19. JimWagner

    The Decaying Evolution of Education...

    I was taught early on that formal education is to teach you how to actually think for yourself, give you a set of basic skills to enable you to continue your education on your own after you graduate, ideally for the rest of your life, and an appreciation for and an interest in a broad range of...
  20. JimWagner

    Attaching Morale Patches On Leather Flight Jackets

    I used to feel the same about ASW never really being represented. But the reality is that 8-10 hour flights over featureless ocean during the cold war isn't very dramatic in a movie sense (if you're lucky). We used to call it hours and hours of boredom punctuated with seconds of sheer terror...
  21. JimWagner

    Is "yanks" an offensive title

    Given the context of an Englishman or Australian using the term "yank" I can't say I'd take offense. I might inform an American who called me a "Yankee" that I was born, raised and have always lived in the southern U.S. No, make that I've done so from time to time, but it's because I don't have...
  22. JimWagner

    Movie Theater luxuries

    My wife and I went to see the new Star Wars movie this afternoon, but the movie isn't really what this is about. We went to a new theater near us that's only been open about a month. On premises it had a bar and grill as well as a bowling alley. The theater had a "recline and dine" option...
  23. JimWagner

    Recommendation for Outdoors Hat

    How about a Tilley? Check out tilley.com

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